(1943)
Oliver North: American career marine and patriot who was fired from the National Security Council (NSC) in November 1986 for allegedly setting up foreign bank accounts and diverting millions of dollars in profits from arms sales to Iran to the Nicaraguan Contra rebels.

(1939)
Clive James: Australian-British author, critic, broadcaster, poet, translator and memoirist, best known for his autobiographical series Unreliable Memoirs, for his chat shows and documentaries on British television and for his prolific journalism.